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Wauwatosa West student accused of extorting students for nude pictures

Police removed electronic devices from the suspects home earlier this week, they are currently being analyzed

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Updated: 10:50 PM CDT Jun 19, 2014

Wauwatosa West student accused of extorting students for nude pictures

Police removed electronic devices from the suspects home earlier this week, they are currently being analyzed

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WEBVTT MESSAGE WITH YOUR TIP. A WAUWATOSA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IS ACCUSED OF EXTORTING GIRLS FOR NUDE PHOTOS. AS 12 NEWS COLLEEN HENRY INVESTIGATES, ONE VICTIM WORRIES THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE. HUGE LESSON TO LEARN THIS TOSA EAST SENIOR SAYS SHE'S LEARNED A VERY DIFFICULT LESSON - AND SHE'S ASKED US TO HIDE HER IDENTITY. IT STARTED WITH MY FRIEND SAYING SHE HAD SOMEONE THAT I COULD TALK TO 00 THAT WASN'T INTERESTED INTO A RELATIONSHIP BUT KIND OF A SEXTING TYPE OF THING SOON SHE WAS SWAPPING EXPLICIT PHOTOS WITH WHAT SHE BELIEVED TO BE A 15-YEAR- OLD ILLINOIS GIRL NAMED HALEY. I DIDN'T WANT TO SEND ANY MORE PHOTOS AND THEY ACTUALLY THREATENED ME SAYING IF I DIDN'T SEND THEM THEY WOULD EXPOSE THEM BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHERE I LIVED AND WHAT SCHOOL I GO TO SHE QUESTIONED THE FRIEND WHO INTRODUCED THEM...AND LEARNED, HER FRIEND, A TOSA WEST SENIOR, HAD SET HER UP, BECAUSE, SHE TOO, WAS THREATENED BY "HALEY." THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS TO GIVE HER THE NAME OF SOMEONE ELSE THAT HE COULD DO IT TO THE GIRLS FINALLY WENT TO POLICE...WHO TRACKED "HALEY'S" POSTINGS TO THE HOME OF A 17-YEAR- OLD WAUWATOSA WEST BOY. POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT HERE TUESDAY - REMOVING PHONES, LAPTOPS, AND TABLETS - WHICH ARE NOW HEADED TO THE STATE CRIME LAB FOR ANALYSIS. ACCORDING TO THE SEARCH WARRANT, THE SUSPECT HAS A HISTORY OF "VERBALLY HARASSING AND PHYSICALLY" TOUCHING A CLASSMATE WHILE A STUDENT HERE AT LONGFELLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL FOUR YEARS AGO ...POLICE SAY THAT COMPLAINT WAS HANDLED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE DOING A STORY ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION... 12 NEWS FOUND THE SUSPECT AT HOME...HE DECLINED COMMENT, AS DID HIS MOTHER. THE TOSA EAST SENIOR SAYS SHE'S SPEAKING OUT SO OTHER KIDS KNOW IT'S OK TO ASK FOR HELP. I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS ..YOU CAN GO TO THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE TO HELP YOU THE SUSPECT COULD BE CHARGED AS A JUVENILE. HE'S FREE AS THE CRIME LAB ANALYZES HIS COMPUTERS - A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE MONTHS. WAUWATOSA'S SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAYS HE'LL REVIEW THE CASE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL. COLLEEN HENRY. WISN 12 NEWS. WAUWATOSA POLICE SAY THEY CAN'T COMMENT ON THE CASE BECAUSE IT'S ONGOING AND

Wauwatosa West student accused of extorting students for nude pictures

Police removed electronic devices from the suspects home earlier this week, they are currently being analyzed